the jacket copy for After School Nightmare (5 stars), I wasn’t terribly interested in it. But then I read rave review after rave review, at least one of them stating that it had the best first volume of almost any manga the reviewer had read. Thus intrigued, I picked it up in the bookstore one day, and was hopelessly hooked.
The story is utterly original and disturbing, the mystery fascinating, and artist Setona Mizushiro is good enough to give the sublime Fuyumi Soryo a run for her money; high praise indeed. If you’re willing to try something different from the usual shoujo fare, you shouldn’t miss this one. Very highly recommended.